Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-07-29

DAILY HERALD.
WHO KILLED HER?
Mrs. Henry Kegel Dies at
the Sisters Hospital
OF HER INTERNAL INJURIES
A Record of the Courts Showing
the Anim0sity of the
Parties.
WHO KILLED HERe
OF HER INTERNAL INJURIES

yesterday morning Mrs. Alice Kege
died at the Sisters Hospital, probably
from injuries inflicted by the hands o.
some other party. Mrs. Kegel was
taken to the Sisters Hospital on Tues.
day afternoon by her husband who
had brought her from their ranch in
the Canon del Oro in San Fernando
township. On Wednesday morning Dr
Kannon, the surgeon of the hospital
saw her and found that she was suf-
fering from a fractured rib. She was
splitting blood and appeared to be in.
jured internally. In reply to DR.. Kan
mons questions she said that she had
been beaten by a neighbor named
Hall. She had been alone in the
house when Hall went there and TAX
ing advantage Of the situation beat
her. DIR. Kannon seeing that her in
juries were dangerous asked her if she
would not see the Sheriff in regard to
the matter. She said she would not.
She wanted to wait until she saw her
husband and then she would have
Hall arrested. DR.. Ramon insisted on
her seeing the Sheriff, but she refused
to listen to the proposition and when
asked why Hall had beaten her said
becaus, he had been arrested on her
complaint but got off without sentence.
She said she had no witnesses, but re-
iteratei the statement that Hall had
beaten her with hatchet and had
broken her rib. DIR. Kannon yesterday
morning went to the Sheriff's office
hearing that Mrs. Kegel was worse,
and asked Deputy Sheriff Cooney to
take some paper to the hospital and
obtain the woman's statement. They
then started for the hospital but when
they reached their destination they
found that Mrs. Kegel was dead.
Coroner Meredith was notified of the
occurrence and took possession of the
body. He has made arrangements to
hold an inquest this afternoon at two
O'Clock, when it is probable that a
very interesting story will be un-
covered.
There is story in relation to the
Kegels and Mr.. A. w. Hall, whic h
has been rehearsed before the public
many times and it is probable that the
death of Mrs. Kegel will put stop to
the matter. In the early part of the
present year the troubles of these par
ties who reside ON government land in
the Canon del Oro were brought to the
notice of the public. 1t appeared that
the Kegels were living on land over
which Hall had to pass in
gaining ingress and egress to the land
which he occupied. On February 18th
Hall appeared in the office of United
States Commissioner Van Dyke and
complained of Henry Kegel and his
wife, for having obstructed the free
passage over the government land.
He said that the Kegels had built a
fence across the road, and when he
tried to go to his own land both Mr.
an Mrs. Kegel chased him away
with shot guns, and threatened to kill
him. In consequence of these threats
he stated that he was forced to climb
over the mountains to get into town.
The examination was set for March
18th, and in the meantime it appears
that some one told the Kegels that
they had better get married or else
their side of the case would be OF little
account. Hall stated, and it was
known by other parties that Kegel
and the woman, whose real name was
Alice Stoll, had been living together
in an unmarried state. On the Goth of
February they obtained license from
the County Clerk and tried to get
Justice Taney to marry them, but he
was not in the courtroom, and on the
2Sth Of February they appeared before
Justice Austin, who united them. The
case came on for examination, Mr..
and Mrs. Kegel appearing for them
selves. They admitted having built
the fence but denied having uttered
threats. Kegel was held to answer,
and this case is still pending.
On April 14th Henry Kegel was
charged by Thomas Riley, who
claimed to be going to visit Hall, with
obstructing the free passage over gov
ernment land. He also stated that
Mr.. and Mrs. Kegel went after him
with shotguns. There was no corrob-
Grating testimony, as Hall stated that
he was not present. The case was
then dismissed.
On the same day Henry Kegel swore
out complaint against Hall, charging
him with cutting timber on govern
ment land. The examination OF this
charge came up before U. S. Commits
sioner Van Dyke on the 30th of April,
when the testimony was very weak.
1t was proven that Hall had only cut
brush and shrubs. On motion of the
US. District Attorney the charge was
dismissed.
These We're all the cases brought
in the U. S. Courts, but since
then Hall has dropped into
United States Commissioner Van
Dykes Office and complained that he
had been chased over the hills by the
Kegels. The local courts have, how
ever, been occupied considerably with
the Kegels and Hall. On March 7th
Kegel was arrested and charged with
threats against the life of Hall. The
case was tried before Justice Taney
and the charge dismissed. On March
Path Mrs. Kegel was charged with
threats against Halls life and was
placed under $500 bonds. On April
18th Henry Kegel was arrested aad
charged with threats against Hall and
placed under $500 bonds to keep the
peace. On the same day Hall was
similarly charged by Kegel and his
bond was also tixe at $500. On July
1st Hall was charged with disturbing
the peace Of the Kegels, but the charge
was dismissed. These cases all came
mp before Justice Taney, who also had
a civil suit brought before him by
Hall against Kegel to recover the pos
session of brindled COW and heifer
a d $50 damages. 1t was claimed
that this COW of Halls had wandered
into the domain OF the Kegels, who
refused to deliver her to Hall, even
after he had offered to pay expenses.
On the other hand the Kegels claimed
that the COW had gone into the vine
yard and they had tied her up, but were